Inspection record, Happy Camp

U.S. Forest Service Klamath National Forest Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jul 29, 2008

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Accident inspection in Happy Camp: 3 citations, $0, 1 death investigated. The employer's only inspection on record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of U.S. Forest Service Klamath National Forest at Klamath National Forest, Happy Camp (Siskiyou County) on Jul 29, 2008. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 400 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. The employer is a federal government body. Inspectors issued 3 citations (1 serious, 1 willful) and proposed $0 in penalties; the current total is $0. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Dec 6, 2017. 1 worker died in the event that led to this inspection.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01002: 29 CFR 1960.8(a) Serious
Issued Jul 14, 2009. Proposed $0, current $0. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 7, 2009, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 29 CFR 1960.29(d) Willful
Issued Jul 14, 2009. Proposed $0, current $0. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 7, 2009, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 29 CFR 1904.40(a) General
Issued Jul 14, 2009. Proposed $0, current $0. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 7, 2009, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01001: 29 CFR 1960.8(a) Serious deleted on appeal
Issued Jul 14, 2009. Proposed $0, current $0. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 7, 2009, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Jul 26, 2008. Employee Is Killed in Forest Fire
Keywords: burn,firefighter,lung,asphyxiated,fire,tree,smoke 1 death

Your rights

If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 312422215. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 312422215, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. Back to the safety tracker.

About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.

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